Robber Slashes Victim, Takes $300

A man was assaulted with a knife during a robbery on Tyler Avenue early Sunday morning, Annapolis police said.

Annapolis police officers were dispatched to Tyler Avenue on Sunday just after midnight for a report of a robbery.

The victim told police he came home to find a man searching underneath his deck, according to a police report. When he shouted at the man, the suspect came toward him, grabbed him by the neck and took $300 and a cell phone from the victim's pocket. 

The suspect then hit the victim in the back of the head with the butt of a knife, and slashed the blade at the victim's stomach, leaving a cut. The suspect then fled. The victim refused medical treatment at the scene, according to a police report.

Officers in the area conducted a search but were unable to locate the suspect.